Zig Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SFTP use Cert's Private Key for Authentication (Windows)

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Demonstrates how to use the private key of a pre-installed certificate (on Windows) for SFTP authentication. The certificate's private key must be marked as "exportable" when originally installed. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    const cert = try chilkat.Cert.init();
    defer cert.deinit();

    // Load the certificate from the Windows certificate store
    cert.loadByCommonName("my_cert_common_name") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try cert.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Get the private key.
    const priv_key = try chilkat.PrivateKey.init();
    defer priv_key.deinit();
    cert.getPrivateKey(priv_key) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try cert.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const priv_key_pem = priv_key.getPkcs8Pem(alloc) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try priv_key.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const ssh_key = try chilkat.SshKey.init();
    defer ssh_key.deinit();
    ssh_key.fromOpenSshPrivateKey(priv_key_pem) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ssh_key.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Connect to an SSH/SFTP server
    const sftp = try chilkat.SFtp.init();
    defer sftp.deinit();
    sftp.connect("sftp.example.com", 22) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Authenticate with the SSH server using a username + private key.
    // (The private key serves as the password.  The username identifies
    // the SSH user account on the server.)
    sftp.authenticatePk("mySshLogin", ssh_key) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("OK, the connection and authentication with the SSH server is completed.\n", .{});

    // This example is only to show the connection + authentication using a private key associated with a certificate in the Windows certificate store...
}